"DaRK sOulS 2 iS A gAnk FeSt"

I just started playing this game not even an hour ago, give or take. I'm playing SOTFS and I'm up to the part where you're in Majula, you go down a side path and pull a lever that opens you up to a beautiful stream with green moss and grass with ?hippo crocodile thing?, you climb up a ladder and enter a courtyard in a small ruins with sleeping enemies. Time and time again I've seen YouTubers referring to this as an example of this game's "TeRrIBLe GaNKs".

You wanna know what's funny man... I took my time like the people on this reddit have been telling me to do. Killed the sleeping enemies 1 by 1 while dodging the guy who throws firebombs, I then climbed up the ladder a bit, saw the guy coming down, climbed BACK down and killed him. Then I climbed up the ladder fully this time and killed the firebomber enemy........ PROBLEM SOLVED!!

Message of the day people: "Take your time in every area in Dark Souls 2... if not every Souls game". Funny how it felt so easy when I took my time. I think that's the trouble with a lot of the YouTubers I see complaining about this stuff, it's like they only do boss rushes. Me personally, I don't think the Souls games are just about rushing to the boss. Isn't it about exploring this vast open world (sure, it may be linier gameplay in a sense but it's still a massive world that much can be said) and to search every crevice and nook and cranny for items and whatnot?

Sure someone could say it's just my first major enemy area and maybe there's ganks along the way. But there were quite a few enemies here but I used some EZ patience and clapped the shit outta' them. I think the main reason I'm mentioning this place specifically and not waiting for areas in the future parts of the game is because I see it all the time in Dark Souls 2 critiques when they're trying to rush through. O how easy it was.

PS: Fucking loving this game so far holy shit. I was worried it'd take me a bit to get used to the slower paced gameplay but no..,. no I think I've already gotten used to it. I've got bad reaction times so the fast paced BB, ER and Sekiro gameplay is hard for me. Sure I still love playing them - it's just hard for me. But this is great for me cause it gives me obvious punish windows that are clear and also dodge windows that are clear. This game might be another 2000 hour game by the look of it.